RJ Hawa Mahal assembly constituency MLA by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Balmukund Acharya, at a public forum on Monday mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, termed him as 'Mummy Jija and Ji Ji's ka party member', and said:
He said it is only an election season people like Rahul Gandhi, who was out on bail, come from abroad to perform electioneering and then escape to their other countries to bask in glory.
BJP MLA Acharya says: "We celebrate decades of India's Independence with such people with no emotional contact with the India, Indian Culture or the People of this place.
The above BJP MLA explains that Rahul Gandhi continued traveling the world abroad. He is referring to his post of Foreign Travers done right after Manmohan Singh - the Former Indian Prime Minister Demise - amidst the nationwide Mourning by a call of an Indian PM.
By claiming that the moves and feelings of Rahul Gandhi and his assistants are well-known, the BJP MLA added how the Congress dealt with tall political leaders like Deve Gowda as if they were dirt under its feet.
According to BJP MLA Acharya, Rahul Gandhi has more loyalty towards foreign powers such as Italy and Rome than he does to India.
The BJP MLA also appreciated arrangements for the ensuing Kumbh, saying it would generate activity worth crores of rupees, which in turn would profit people in multifarious ways.
Flower sales, incense sticks, pooja items, clothes, and food distribution activities will flourish while the market is bound to flourish with money movement through various sources, Acharya added.
The attacks and counter-attacks between the BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi's foreign tour during the seven-day mourning period following the demise of India's 14th Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, started off with a barrage of attacks from the BJP over Rahul Gandhi 'prioritising' his New Year holiday over India's 'architect of economic reforms' late Manmohan Singh, as many reports claimed that the Congress MP had flown abroad to ring in the New Year.
The controversy came close on the heels of bitter political mudslinging between the two parties, first over the Congress' allegation of humiliation of Singh over his cremation at the city's Nigambodh Ghat and then the BJP's counter-attack over senior Congress leaders as well as the Gandhis giving the ash immersion rituals a miss.
The BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya took to social media to blast the Congress MP for flying abroad at a time when the nation was mourning.
"While the country is mourning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's demise, Rahul Gandhi has flown to Vietnam to ring in the New Year," Malviya claimed in his post.
Congress leader Manickam Tagore took to X and retorted, “If Rahul Gandhi travels privately, why does it bother you? Get well in the New Year.”
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